ben síde

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From ben (“woman”) +‎ síd (“fairy mound”). === Noun === ben síde f (genitive mná síde, nominative plural mná síde) banshee, fairy woman ==== Descendants ==== Irish: bean sí, bean sídhe (obsolete)→ English: banshee (see there for further descendants)→ Scots: banshee Scottish Gaelic: bean-shìdh Manx: ben shee === References === Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BANSHEE, sb..”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 158.